EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to request (something); to ask for...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/hi-LI-ngin/
FIL: Ang paggawa ng isang pormal o taimtim na kahilingan para makamit o makuha ang isang bagay.
EN: to request (something); to ask for
The active form of making a 'hiling'. Ito yung act of sending that risky text to your crush asking them out, or composing that very polite email to your prof asking for an extension. It's shooting your shot, but in a formal, hopeful way.
ROOT MEANING: request; petition; wish
This is a transitive verb, meaning it requires an object. You 'hilingin' *something*.
🇵🇭 Gusto kong hilingin ang iyong tulong para sa proyekto.
🇺🇸 I want to request your help for the project.
🇵🇭 Ano ang gusto mong hilingin kay Santa ngayong Pasko?
🇺🇸 What do you want to ask for from Santa this Christmas?
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.